| Wadsworth Hospital | |
| Location: | 629 West 185th Street, Washington Heights |
| Region: | Manhattan |
| State: | New York |
| Country: | US |
| Healthcare: | Private |
| Funding: | Non-profit |
| Type: | General |
| Beds: | 50 |
| Opened: | 1929 |
| Closed: | 1976 |
| Other Links: | Hospitals in Manhattan |
Wadsworth Hospital was a 50-bed private hospital[1] that, after being cited by Federal, State and New York City oversight agencies, and subsequently losing funding, closed in 1976.[2]
This five-story Washington Heights hospital agreed in April 1976, after pressure from oversight agencies, to close.[3] The 1929-built[4] structure had one serious violation: a "single front door, which is the only exit from the upper floors" (which the hospital refused to remedy: "contended that putting in another exit would mean cutting down on the number of beds").
The location, 629 West 185th Street, became a medical office building.[5]
Wadsworth, "where the most-frequent procedure was abortion,"[1] was one of three in a series of hospitals closed in the mid-1970s for "life-threatening fire and health violations."[2] [6] Initially they each lost certification, then they lost funding. As a result, it was "economically unfeasible for the hospital to stay in business."